A collaboration between acclaimed techno producer/DJ Oliver Ho (aka. Raudive) and vocalist/artist Zizi Kanaan, The Eyes in The Heat are set to release their electrifying debut album, ‘Program ME’, on Paris-based independent label Kill The DJ on the 1st October.

A lithe, magnificent beast of an album, ‘Program Me’ features twelve stunning tracks that range from rapturous, space-age euphoria to a sound that hints at something much more melancholy, dark and fragmented. The album also includes the title track from their previous EP, the sleazily hypnotAmateuric ‘’, which was released earlier this year to glowing reviews.

Produced by Ho, ‘Program Me’ – or, alternatively, Programme, as the deliberately ambiguous title can also be read – explores the borders between the avant-garde pop of Laurie Anderson and the electronic experimentalism of Brian Eno. Standout tracks include the electro-Western balladry of ‘Stare’, the Fever Rey-esque ‘The Upper Limits’, and the woozy tropicalia of forthcoming single ‘Florida’, the band’s most personal track, where Zizi explores her Lebanese and American childhood, the psychological blend of memory and imagination. Indeed, the main themes of the album are those to do with human psychology, artifice, and fantasy. This is not a band to shy away from incorporating big ideas or artistic concepts – from the band’s name, a reference to a Jackson Pollock painting, to a song such as literature-referencing ‘Good Morning, Midnight’. But there are also plenty of hot-blooded danceable moments – from the lush alt-disco of ‘Think in Loops’, to ‘The Perfect Gun’, the band’s techno-psychedelic deconstruction of  ‘Dali’s Handgun’, originally written by cult rapper MC 900 ft Jesus, which caused stupendous reactions when played recently on Ivan Smagghe’s renowned ‘Beats in Space’ radioshow.

Based in London, The Eyes in The Heat formed in 2010 as a duo, playing gigs in London, Paris, and Berlin. The line-up now consists of Zizi Kanaan (vocals, synths), Oliver Ho (machines, programming), and Jerome Tcherneyan (drums).

‘Program Me’ features new artwork from celebrated British artist Tom Dale: a series of esoteric photo collages that responds to the album’s sense of fragmented, psychological reverie.

The Eyes in The Heat will play Dalston’s Hysteria Bar in London on the 3rd October. Please get in touch with guest list requests. 


‘Program Me’ Track List

Yellow Walls
Amateur
The Upper Limits
Think In Loops
Florida 
Water
The Perfect Gun
Next Stop
Stare
Blood
Taken
Good Morning Midnight
Lost


Live Dates

3rd October - Hysteria Bar Kingsland Road, London [ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY]
12th October - The Old Blue Last, London
1st November – The Waiting Rooms, London


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